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基本词义
alone
美音:[ə´ləun ]
英音:[ə´ləun ]
adj.单独的,独一无二的,孤独的,独自的 adv.独自地
词义详解
alone
/ə'ləʊn; ə`lon/
adj [pred 作表语], adv
1 (a) without any companions 无伴; 独自; 孤单; 孤独
*I don't like going out alone after dark. 我不愿意天黑後独自外出.
* She lives all alone in that large house. 她独自一人住在那所大房子 .
* (fig 比喻) She stands alone (ie is without equal) among modern sculptors. 她在现
代雕塑家中是独一无二的.
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(b) without the help of other people or things 无他人或事物相助; 单独(的); 独力
(的)
*It will be difficult for one person alone. 单独一个人很困难.
* She raised her family quite alone. 她独力养家.
* I prefer to work on it alone. 我愿意独力做这件事. Cf 参看 lone, lonely 1.
=>Usage 见所附用法.
2 (following a n or pron 用于名词或代词之後) only; exclusively 只有; 仅仅
*The shoes alone cost 100. 光是鞋就花了 100 英镑.
* (saying 谚) Time alone will tell. 日久自明.
* He will be remembered for that one book alone. 仅仅那一本书就可以使他留名于
世了.
* You alone can help me. 只有你才能帮助我.
3 (idm 习 语 ) go it a`lone (attempt to) carry out a task or start a difficult project
without help from anyone (试图)独力执行一任务或开始一艰难工作; 单干
*He decided to go it alone and start his own business. 他决定单干创业. leave/let
sb/sth alone not take, touch or interfere with sb/sth; not try to influence or change
sb/sth 不带走, 不触摸, 不干涉某人[某事物]; 不想左右或改变某人[某事物]
*She's asked to be left alone but the press keep pestering her. 她要求不要打扰她,
但报界总是缠着她不放.
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* I've told you before leave my things alone! 我早已告诉过你--不要动我的东西!
leave/let well alone => well3. let alone without considering 不必考虑
*There isn't enough room for `us, let alone six dogs and a cat. 连我们的地方都不够,
更不必说六条狗和一支猫了.
* I haven't decided on the `menu yet, let alone bought the food. 我还没决定吃什么
菜呢, 更不必说买好了. not be alone in doing sth be one of several people who think,
feel, etc sth 不单一个人这样想, 感觉等某事物
*He is not alone in believing (ie Other people agree with him) that it may lead to war.
不单他一个人认为那会引起战争.
NOTE ON USAGE 用法
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1 Alone and solitary describe a person or thing that is separate from others. *alone 和
solitary 都用以形容一人或一事物与他人或他事物相分离. A person may prefer to
be alone/solitary and these words do not suggest unhappiness. 用 alone/solitary , .
Alone is not used before a noun *alone 不可用于名词之前
*I look forward to being alone in the house. 我盼望着能自己一人在这所房子 .
* Our house stands alone at the end of the lane. 我们的房子座落在这条小巷的尽头,
没有左邻右舍.
* She goes for long solitary walks. 她独自漫步, 走了很长的路. In this sense on my,
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our, etc own or by myself, ourselves, etc are often used in informal speech instead of
alone 在口语中表达这种含义常用 on my, our ...own 或by myself, ourselves等, 而
不用 alone
*She's going on holiday on her own this year. 她今年独自一人去度假.
2 Lonely and, in US English, lonesome suggests that someone does not want to be
alone and is unhappy *lonely 及在美式英语中用的 lonesome, 指并非本人愿意如此,
含有不愉快之意
*He was very lonely at first when he moved to London. 他当初刚到伦敦时很孤单.
* She led a solitary existence but was seldom lonely. 她独自生活却很少感到孤单.
3 Lonely and solitary can describe out-of-the-way places where people rarely go
*lonely 和 solitary 可用以形容很少有人到的偏僻地方
*a lonely/solitary cottage on the moors 荒野中孤零零的农舍.